specimens. To examine the impact of UAVs on microbiological specimens, blood and
sputum culture specimens were seeded with usual pathogens and flown in a UAV for 30±2
min. Times to recovery, colony counts, morphologies, and matrix-assisted laser desorption
ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-based identifications of the
flown and stationary specimens were similar for all microbes studied.